How to Stay Calm Under Verbal Attack 　　By Kelly Balarie 　　Bible Reading: 　　“Where there is strife, there is pride, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.” – Proverbs 13:10 NIV 　　Just because it can be said, doesn’t mean it should be said. 　　Friends, in my mind, I know this statement is true, but it is a whole other...

　　Don’t You Get It? 　　By Rebecca Barlow Jordan 　　Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry. -James 1:19 NIV 　　I’ve discovered that married couples must have a lot in common with Jesus’ disciples—at least in one area of their lives. 　　Following His miraculous feeding of the 4,000 people listening to Him teach, Jesus encountered...

Describe the differences between Sephardic and Ashkenazi Kiddush cups, including variations in design, materials and symbolic motifs.

　　Reactions to Jimmy Carter’s death have a bit of the feel of socialism’s defenders who say the system, despite apparent failures, has never really been tried. Evangelicals who lean left are using Carter’s legacy to take a win for their brand of faith-based politics and jab at both the Religious Right and MAGA evangelicals. They rarely admit that Carter’s presidency...

　　Antitrust law faces a crisis of complexity. Designed originally as a straightforward mechanism to maintain competition, it has devolved into a realm dominated by economic modeling, arbitrary market definitions, and prolonged litigation and merger reviews. By the time courts render a final judgment, the underlying technology has advanced, the market has shifted, and the world has moved on. The transition...

　　A Prayer to Help Us Celebrate America’s Presidents 　　By Lynette Kittle 　　Bible Reading: “I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people—for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness”—1 Timothy 2:1-2 　　Read or Listen Below: 　　Presidents’ Day in the United...

　　Do You Have to Pray Just Right for God to Listen? 　　By Betsy de Cruz 　　“Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.”(Jeremiah 29:12) 　　Do you ever feel like you have to pray just right, or it won’t work? Have you felt like your prayer wasn’t answered because you didn’t...

　　Saturday, February 15, 2025 　　As Human As We Are 　　“Elijah was as human as we are, and yet when he prayed earnestly that no rain would fall, none fell for three and a half years!” (James 5:17 NLT) 　　The showdown between Elijah and the prophets of Baal in 1 Kings 18 is one of the most triumphant scenes in the...

　　TikTok is democracy in its rawest form. All that matters on the video-sharing platform is mass appeal and virality (so long as it does not offend the sensibilities of the Chinese Communist Party). The app debases its users to anonymous atoms, equal to everyone else, only powerful insofar as they belong to a crowd. Content succeeds on TikTok not because...

　　In recent weeks as a new presidential administration took power, legal and policy experts have hotly debated both the prudence and the justice of birthright citizenship. Does the Fourteenth Amendment require granting American citizenship to everyone born on these shores? Or does that interpretation of the citizenship clause go too far? In this symposium, two Law Liberty contributors dive into...

　　Contrary to longstanding practice, President Trump’s recent executive order purports to reinterpret the Constitution to recognize constitutional birthright citizenship only for US-born children with at least one parent who is a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident. In particular, the order would deny citizenship to US-born children of lawful temporary visitors and of persons not lawfully present in the...

　　The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens.” For much of the last century, the prevailing academic consensus has been that these words reflect the nation’s adoption of the English common law rule of jus soli, a feudalistic principle under which a person’s citizenship is irrevocably...